The Church Fathers on this verse

Numbers 29:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And for their sacrifices, three tenths of flour tempered with oil to every calf, two tenths to a ram,

Douay-Rheims

וּמִנְחָתָ֔ם סֹ֖לֶת בְּלוּלָ֣ה בַשָּׁ֑מֶן שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה עֶשְׂרֹנִים֙ לַפָּ֔ר שְׁנֵ֥י עֶשְׂרֹנִ֖ים לָאָֽיִל׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Cyrill of Alexandria

5th centuryChurch Father

Three measures of wheat flour are to be placed upon the calve, together with an appropriate amount of oil and wine. By oil and wine, I refer to half of the Hebrew hin, alongside a third and a fourth part of that quantity.